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The Giblin Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$159k
Granted FY2023
12
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$393kEducation$139kYouth Development$47kPhilanthropy$33kInternational$32kReligion$11kHuman Services$8kAnimals$7kOther$0
02FY2023 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k5 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $145k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$11k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN$49,975
TEAM IMPACT$30,000
FAY SCHOOL$20,000
Individual grant recipient$13,500
Individual grant recipient$11,500
DETECT TOGETHER$10,000
ONE MISSION INC$10,000
THE LEO PROJECT$5,000
MAYOR'S SPECIAL EVENT FUND$5,000
GOLF FIGHTS CANCER$2,500
HOOPS & HOMEWORK$1,000
POMFRET$1,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–19, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $5k → 10%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $1k → 10%PROJECT HOPE BOSTON: $261 → 16%THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $2k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MA
CT
RI
MD
TN
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of The Giblin Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 95% of the giving stays in MA; by stated purpose, 0%.

The Giblin Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$561k · 25 repeat orgs$166k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 18 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
38

Total granted

$561k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+22%

Still filing today

80%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TI
    TEAM IMPACT INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $123k · revenue +74%
  • TH
    THE HERREN PROJECT
    2× · 2018–2021 · $65k · revenue +61%
  • OM
    ONE MISSION INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $50k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • T2
    THE 200 FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $22k · revenue -67%
  • HW
    HERREN WELLNESS AT JACOB HILL
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • AO
    ALS ONE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +95%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network Inc

The mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network (DFCCN) is to promote and support, directly or indirectly, the interests and purposes of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).

Health
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
Mass General Brigham Health Plan Inc

Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.

Health
5
Children's Hospital Pathology Foundation Inc

The Foundation's mission is to provide pathology services primarily to patients at Boston Children's Hospital and at satellite locations. The Foundation carries on and promotes basic and applied medical research and education in the field…

Health
6
Commonwealth Cancer Consortium Inc

Break through cancer is a foundation dedicated to supporting translational research in the most difficult to treat cancers. our partner organizations are among the top cancer research centers and together, represent some of the most…

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7
Neighborhealth Corporation

Neighborhealth's mission is to promote and sustain healthy communities, families, and individuals by providing accessible, person-centered, and compassionate, high-quality health care services to all who live and work in our service area,…

Health
8
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Whitehead institute forges new frontiers in science, uncovering insights today that unlock the potential of tomorrow. our advances in genetics and genomics are now enabling us to tackle the complexities of life with unprecedented depth and…

Health
9
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
10
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
11
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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12
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Team Impact Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Mark O'connell Foundation for Lake Winnipesaukee Safety. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 69 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
27/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $49,975 · OtherTHE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR C…HERREN WELLNESS AT JACOB HILL: $20,000 · OtherHERREN WELLNESS AT JACOB HIL…NECC: $19,200 · OtherNECCTaly Foundation Inc: $18,500 · OtherTaly Foundation IncIndividual grant recipient: $13,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $11,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+37 more: $54,816 · Other+37 moreTHE HERREN PROJECT: $65,450 · HealthTHE HERREN PROJECTONE MISSION INC: $50,000 · HealthONE MISSION INCDETECTOGETHER INC FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE 15-40 CONNECTION INC: $29,000 · HealthDETECTOGETHER INC FORMERLY K…SPECTRUM HEALTH SYSTEMS INC: $22,800 · HealthSPECTRUM HEALTH SYSTEMS INCFIND THE CAUSE INC: $7,500 · Health+5 more: $12,250 · Health+5 moreTEAM IMPACT INC: $123,350 · PhilanthropyTEAM IMPACT INCTHE 200 FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 · PhilanthropyTHE 200 FOUNDATION INCCommunity Foundation for MetroWest Inc: $10,500 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation for …GOLF FIGHTS CANCER INC: $7,050 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyTHE FAY SCHOOL INC: $42,000 · EducationTHE FAY SCHOOL INCROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY: $36,250 · EducationROGER WILLIAMS UNIVE…POMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $36,000 · EducationPOMFRET SCHOOL INCOR…THE LEO PROJECT INC: $15,000 · EducationTHE LEO PROJECT INC+2 more: $1,250 · EducationHOOPS AND HOMEWORK INC: $46,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $15,000 · InternationalCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $261 · Human Services
Other$187,491Health$187,000Philanthropy$163,400Education$130,500Youth Development$46,000International$15,000Human Services$8,261

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTEAM IMPACT INC: $123,350 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HERREN PROJECT: $65,450 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetONE MISSION INC: $50,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetTHE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $49,975 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOOPS AND HOMEWORK INC: $46,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetTHE FAY SCHOOL INC: $42,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY: $36,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $36,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDETECTOGETHER INC FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE 15-40 CONNECTION INC: $29,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSPECTRUM HEALTH SYSTEMS INC: $22,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 200 FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTaly Foundation Inc: $18,500 over 3y, 20% of budgetTHE IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LEO PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCommunity Foundation for MetroWest Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFIND THE CAUSE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGOLF FIGHTS CANCER INC: $7,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALS ONE INC: $5,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDANA-FARBER INC: $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMETROWEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PANCREAS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOOKS FOR COLLIER KIDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE IN HAITI INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFALMOUTH ROAD RACE INC: $273 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE BOSTON INC: $261 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRANCIS OUIMET SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRAMINGHAM HISTORY CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SOUTHBOROUGH VILLAGE SOCIETY INC: $200 over 2y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

GivenGain Foundation …Eastern Bank Foundati…American Tower Corpor…Verizon FoundationAnalog Devices Founda…Coghlin Family Founda…Aaf Charitable Founda…Arbella Insurance Fou…Boston Foundation IncCitizens Charitable F…Amica Companies Found…Ge Aerospace Foundati…
GivenGain Foundation USAFL21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: GivenGain Foundation USA · Eastern Bank Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Analog Devices Foundation · Coghlin Family Foundation · Aaf Charitable Foundation · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Giblin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Giblin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Spectrum Health Systems Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Project Hope Boston Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Hoops and Homework Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The New England Center for Children Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Als One Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
21get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 69 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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